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Old 08-21-2011, 05:24 PM  
Ron Bennett
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What's happened is the players have become too valuable to let get beaten up. Pro sports is mostly about celebrities and showmanship not the game itself - that's secondary.

One sees the same thing in NHL with all the extra pads and eye protection along with stricter refs and heavier penalties for conduct that used to be just a few mins in the box years ago.

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